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32. Geologic History of the Southeastern Gulf of Mexico1 32. GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO1 Wolfgang Schlager, School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida Richard T. Buffler, David Angstadt,2 and Ronald Phair,3 Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas ABSTRACT We have combined a seismic stratigraphic analysis of the southeastern Gulf of Mexico with DSDP drilling data to obtain a view of the geologic history of the area. Basement is attenuated lower Paleozoic continental crust with Lower Jurassic diabase dikes. Post-Paleozoic sedimentation began in Triassic(?)-Jurassic(?) rift grabens, probably followed by Early to Middle Jurassic terrestrial to shallow-marine elastics and Late Jurassic shallow and deep-water carbonates. By earliest Cretaceous time, much of the southeastern Gulf was a deep seaway between the carbonate platforms of Florida and Yucatan. There was a steady background of pelagic carbonate sedimentation. In addition, sedimentation was influ- enced by input from the adjacent platforms until middle Cretaceous, by input from the approaching Cuban island arc in Late Cretaceous-Eocene, and by steadily increasing submarine erosion from late Eocene on. According to sediment facies and position relative to the Florida-Bahama platform, the deep southeastern Gulf, where basin Sites 535 and 540 are situated, is an extension of the Camajuani Zone in northern Cuba. The basement Sites 537 and 538 are an extension of the lower Paleozoic (Pan-African) metamorphic terrane in northern Florida. All three basement sites (536, 537, and 538) were probably attached to Yucatan since the Early Cretaceous, as indicated by sediment facies and seismic stratigraphy. Tectonic movements included (Triassic-Jurassic?) faulting during the rift stage, Late Jurassic-Cretaceous block faulting probably related to transcurrent movements between the Gulf and the Atlantic, and finally, faulting along the north slope of Cuba during the Late Cretaceous through Eocene interval. INTRODUCTION The seismic data were used to develop a preliminary seismic stratigraphic framework and to choose the drill- The purpose of this chapter is to summarize the re- ing sites for Leg 77 (Fig. 2). Data for the lines desig- gional geologic history of the southeastern Gulf of Mex- nated GT-2 and GT-3 were collected in 1977 and 1978 as ico on the basis of the interpretation of multifold seis- part of a regional study sponsored by industry. Data for mic data, collected by the University of Texas Institute the lines designated SF were collected late in 1980 as for Geophysics, and the results of DSDP Leg 77. First, part of an IPOD site survey for Leg 77. Drilling has we discuss the seismic stratigraphy of the area and how added ground data in several strategic locations. Shal- it ties in with the drilling results. The resulting frame- low basement was the objective of drilling at the three work is used to develop a model for the geologic history western holes (536, 537, and 538A), and penetration of of the southeastern Gulf, which is then compared with a thick Mesozoic basin fill was the objective at the east- the known geologic history of surrounding provinces: ern holes (535 and 540) (Fig. 2). All these holes are pro- Florida, Bahamas, Cuba, Yucatan, and the North At- jected into schematic cross-sections in Figure 3. Details lantic. Finally, we discuss the implication of seismic sur- of the drilling results are presented in the site chapters veys and drilling for tectonic models of the early open- and specialty chapters of this volume. ing of the Gulf of Mexico and the collision of the Cu- The seismic data and drilling results allow, for the ban arc with the North American Plate. first time, a preliminary interpretation of the seismic stratigraphy, structural setting, and geologic history of SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK the southeastern Gulf. This area presents the best op- The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics portunity to study the Mesozoic history because a thick (UTIG) has collected an extensive grid of multifold seis- section of older rocks lies at shallow depth or is exposed mic data in the southeastern Gulf of Mexico during the by erosion at the seafloor. The lack of overburden im- past few years. The study area lies north of Cuba be- proves seismic resolution in the older sedimentary se- tween the Campeche and Florida escarpments (Fig. 1). quences and puts them within reach of the Glomar Here the seafloor is shallower than the deep Gulf to the Challenger. north, and is characterized by erosional channels and The deep southeastern Gulf is underlain by rifted and large knolls. attenuated "transitional" crust covered by a thick sedi- mentary section of pre-middle Cretaceous rocks (Fig. 3). The Late Cretaceous-Cenozoic cover is relatively thin Buffler, R. T., Schlager, W., et al., Init. Repts. DSDP, 77: Washington (U.S. Govt. over most of the area, although it thickens considerably Printing Office). 2 Present address: Texaco, USA, 3350 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90010. to the south, toward Cuba. The pre-middle Cretaceous * Present address: Texaco, Inc., Box 60252, New Orleans, Louisiana 70160. section probably reflects an overall transition upward 715 -J 22° N 87° 86° 85° 84° 83° W Figure 1. Map of southeastern Gulf of Mexico showing major topographic features. Water depths in meters. GEOLOGIC HISTORY 24° N 84° W Figure 2. Map of study area, southeastern Gulf of Mexico, showing DSDP sites and locations of UTIG multifold seismic lines; heaviest lines indi- cate portions of seismic lines illustrated in this chapter. Water depths in meters. from nonmarine to shallow marine and then deep ma- tiary sediments. On the west and east are the Campeche rine deposits as the basin subsided. and Florida escarpments, respectively, which represent A generalized tectonic setting for the pre-middle Cre- the somewhat eroded flanks of the Cretaceous carbon- taceous rocks is illustrated in Figure 4. The area to the ate platforms that rim the deep Gulf. The seismic data north is characterized by a relatively thick section filling establish regional orthogonal fault trends in NW-SE and a subdued basement topography. Just to the south is a NE-SW directions. large area characterized by tilted fault blocks with adja- The sedimentary sequences overlying basement are cent basins filled in with syn-rift sequences. The south- grouped into five main subdivisions: (1) a Late Triassic- eastern part of the area in the vicinity of Jordan Knoll is Early Jurassic(?) rift basin (TJ); (2) a widespread Juras- characterized again by subdued basement relief and a sic(?) nonmarine to shallow marine unit (Jl); (3) a more thick Mesozoic section. It is flanked on the west by a restricted Late Jurassic(?) shallow to deep marine unit large half-graben or graben trending northwest-south- (J2); (4) a widespread Early Cretaceous unit drilled on east. West of the graben is a large stable block with a Leg 77 (EK); and (5) a Late Cretaceous-Cenozoic unit thick older Mesozoic(?) section that is undeformed. Cut- (KC). Table 1 describes each of these major subdivi- ting across the northern part of this area is an older sions. The Early Cretaceous and the Late Cretaceous- buried graben system trending northeast-southwest. The Cenozoic subdivisions have been the subjects of more northern margin of this stable block is faulted in such a detailed studies (Phair, in press; Angstadt, 1983). way as to influence the topography of the seafloor. The The Early Cretaceous (EK) rocks are divided into four entire area in front of Cuba has been depressed consid- main mapping units, as defined in the vicinity of Sites erably to form a foredeep with over 4000 m of lower Ter- 535 and 540 along line SF-15 (Fig. 5). The mapping 717 W. SCHLAGER, R. T. BUFFLER, D. ANGSTADT, R. PHAIR West 538 East 537 MCU Rifted continental crust .West East -20 km Campeche Escarpment - talus Rift bas n?-~ ' Meso; TJ platform? " "' '''"/V/o<l^Rifted and attenuated ~-^-Yr J2 continental crust (transitional crust) Figure 3. Schematic sections across study area, showing location of DSDP Leg 77 sites. MCU = mid-Cretaceous un- conformity; TJ, Jl, J2, EK, and KC are seismic units described in Table 1. units are composed of one or more seismic sequences in GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF THE SOUTHEASTERN the sense of Vail and others (1977). Each of the four GULF OF MEXICO units has been mapped, and isochron maps have been constructed to show regional thickness trends. (Isochron Pre-Cretaceous (Basement, TR, Jl, and J2 Sequences) maps show differences in two-way traveltime and ap- The pre-Cretaceous history of the study area is very proximate isopach maps if velocity is relatively constant complex, as indicated by the seismic data. Except for for the entire unit [Figs. 6-8].) The units have been tied the basement Holes 537 and 538A, there are no ground to the DSDP Leg 77 sites (Table 2). More details of these data for this chapter in the history of the southeastern units and the Early Cretaceous history are presented by Gulf. However, a scenario for the pre-Cretaceous history Phair (in press). can be discussed on the basis of interpretation of seis- The Early Cretaceous sequence is truncated by a prom- mic data and regional comparisons. inent and important regional unconformity that is trace- The southeastern Gulf is underlain by a rifted and at- able throughout the Gulf of Mexico. It has been com- tenuated continental crust (or "transitional crust"), as monly referred to as the "middle Cretaceous uncon- suggested first by reflection and refraction data (Buffler formity" (MCU). In the deep southeastern Gulf, this et al., 1981; Ibrahim et al., 1981) and later confirmed by seismic unconformity represents a large hiatus of varia- the drilling.
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